[Swansea Hackspace] next technical events
Williams S.R.
s.r.williams at swansea.ac.uk
Wed Jun 10 08:56:22 BST 2015
Hi All
Mostly a lurker on this list, and I often don¹t manage keep up with the
mails - but if it would help at all I¹d be happy to help promote hackspace
events across the university staff and where possible students. If anyone
organising something wants to mail me directly, in case I miss it on this
list happy to tryŠ
Some of the most highly rated youtube (tech and other) channels are very
informal.
Cheers
Steve
s.r.williams at swansea.ac.uk
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> 1. Re: Next Technical Events? (Neil Jones)
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>Date: Tue, 09 Jun 2015 23:45:23 +0100
>From: Neil Jones <neil at aurinia.co.uk>
>To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Next Technical Events?
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>On 09/06/15 23:37, Emyr Morris wrote:
>> Video streaming is a great idea
>>
>> On Tuesday, 9 June 2015, Richard Morgan
>> <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk
>> <mailto:richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>> wrote:
>>
>> It's often the case that people see 'free' events as something
>> that can be missed.
>>
>> How do we feel about putting a 'ticket' price (~?10) on the events
>> and offering them to non-members too?
>>
>> Or, more radical - how do we feel about 'paying' members for each
>> new person they can bring to a workshop (payback being that a % of
>> new persons will become members)...?
>>
>>
>> Guess we also need to get better at scheduling and lining up
>> attendees with Presenters dates to make it easier for everyone......
>>
>> Or, more radical - we run the workshop and 'video' it so those
>> that couldn't attend (could be zero attendees) can still benefit,
>> The presenter has a useful workshop and the Hackspace has content
>> it can post on-line to attract new members (or charge for access
>> behind a membership wall).
>>
>
>We went through the idea of videoing talks some years ago with the Linux
>User Groups and talks they were running. The general thought was it
>would put people off because things which were done informally, which is
>our style too, would not necessarily go down with future employers who
>were googling them.
>
>
>
>>
>>
>> P.S. Wire-wrap Jewellery - not ranking! Have people not seen Game
>> of Thrones, they're all wearing it ;-)
>>
>>
>> On 9 June 2015 at 16:17, Justin Mitchell
>> <justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>> <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk');>>
>> wrote:
>>
>> On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 13:46 +0000, Richard Morgan wrote:
>> > Hi Emyr,
>> > Thanks for the summary - I miss the Monday nights. :-)
>> We should perhaps make more effort to post a summary like this
>> every
>> week, might help those that can't always make it along and
>>entice
>> others.
>>
>>
>> > I understand the move is coming(ish) but it takes people a
>> while to
>> > get passes from Family, organise their time to attend the
>> events - so
>> > it wouldn't do any harm to put some of the more 'flexible'
>> events that
>> > don't rely on fixed equipment (i.e. Python, Origami, GIT,
>> Typesetting,
>> > wearables ones) to be scheduled in. We can always run the
>> event in a
>> > different Techhub room if we need to...
>>
>> It is very disheartening for the people that have made the
>> effort to put
>> on workshops when nobody turns up to them, we need to make
>> sure that we
>> are running events that people actually want and will turn up
>>to.
>>
>> or we need to run more group events that don't need a specific
>> person to
>> put in all the effort, for example would people be interested
>>in a
>> monthly table top gaming night if we scheduled one?
>>
>> To help with getting the scheduling right, could people please
>> indicate
>> which evenings they would prefer events happened on, as i know
>> a few
>> people have clashes on thursdays.
>>
>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Polls/Workshops
>>
>>
>>
>> > I'm just keen! The wire-wrap jewellery one is what I'm
>> waiting for :-)
>> It doesn't rank very highly alas.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
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>>
>> --
>> Kind regards,
>>
>> Richard
>>
>>
>>
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>Date: Wed, 10 Jun 2015 06:10:16 +0000
>From: Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
>To: Swansea Hackspace <hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk>
>Subject: Re: [Swansea Hackspace] Next Technical Events?
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>Hi Neil,
>I agree that there used to be that worry but I believe Employers think
>differently now. I believe the signals being sent to Employers would be:
>
>1. Here's a person who's got off their arse and decided to help others -
>the kind of person I want in the team
>2. This person clearly knows their stuff and understands the subject - the
>kind of person I want in my team
>3. This person is more visible to me than other potential candidates as I
>can see and hear them not just read a name on a CV piece of paper
>
>In terms of quality, I'm pretty sure that with the skills we have across
>the group the quality will be pretty good right out of the gate.
>
>And of course, having your name get greater exposure for an employable
>topic that can be searched and viewed across the interwebs for any future
>employer searching....some people pay for that kind of exposure.... :-)
>
>
>On Tue, 9 Jun 2015 at 23:45 Neil Jones <neil at aurinia.co.uk> wrote:
>
>>
>> On 09/06/15 23:37, Emyr Morris wrote:
>>
>> Video streaming is a great idea
>>
>> On Tuesday, 9 June 2015, Richard Morgan <richard.morgan at avocation.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> It's often the case that people see 'free' events as something that can
>>> be missed.
>>>
>>> How do we feel about putting a 'ticket' price (~?10) on the events and
>>> offering them to non-members too?
>>>
>>> Or, more radical - how do we feel about 'paying' members for each new
>>> person they can bring to a workshop (payback being that a % of new
>>>persons
>>> will become members)...?
>>>
>>>
>>> Guess we also need to get better at scheduling and lining up attendees
>>> with Presenters dates to make it easier for everyone......
>>>
>>> Or, more radical - we run the workshop and 'video' it so those that
>>> couldn't attend (could be zero attendees) can still benefit, The
>>>presenter
>>> has a useful workshop and the Hackspace has content it can post
>>>on-line to
>>> attract new members (or charge for access behind a membership wall).
>>>
>>
>> We went through the idea of videoing talks some years ago with the Linux
>> User Groups and talks they were running. The general thought was it
>>would
>> put people off because things which were done informally, which is our
>> style too, would not necessarily go down with future employers who were
>> googling them.
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>
>>>
>>> P.S. Wire-wrap Jewellery - not ranking! Have people not seen Game of
>>> Thrones, they're all wearing it ;-)
>>>
>>>
>>> On 9 June 2015 at 16:17, Justin Mitchell
>>><justin at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>> > wrote:
>>>
>>>> On Tue, 2015-06-09 at 13:46 +0000, Richard Morgan wrote:
>>>> > Hi Emyr,
>>>> > Thanks for the summary - I miss the Monday nights. :-)
>>>> We should perhaps make more effort to post a summary like this every
>>>> week, might help those that can't always make it along and entice
>>>> others.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I understand the move is coming(ish) but it takes people a while to
>>>> > get passes from Family, organise their time to attend the events -
>>>>so
>>>> > it wouldn't do any harm to put some of the more 'flexible' events
>>>>that
>>>> > don't rely on fixed equipment (i.e. Python, Origami, GIT,
>>>>Typesetting,
>>>> > wearables ones) to be scheduled in. We can always run the event in a
>>>> > different Techhub room if we need to...
>>>>
>>>> It is very disheartening for the people that have made the effort to
>>>>put
>>>> on workshops when nobody turns up to them, we need to make sure that
>>>>we
>>>> are running events that people actually want and will turn up to.
>>>>
>>>> or we need to run more group events that don't need a specific person
>>>>to
>>>> put in all the effort, for example would people be interested in a
>>>> monthly table top gaming night if we scheduled one?
>>>>
>>>> To help with getting the scheduling right, could people please
>>>>indicate
>>>> which evenings they would prefer events happened on, as i know a few
>>>> people have clashes on thursdays.
>>>>
>>>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/Polls/Workshops
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> > I'm just keen! The wire-wrap jewellery one is what I'm waiting for
>>>>:-)
>>>> It doesn't rank very highly alas.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> _______________________________________________
>>>> Hackspace mailing list
>>>> Hackspace at swansea.hackspace.org.uk
>>>> http://swansea.hackspace.org.uk/mailman/listinfo/hackspace
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> --
>>> Kind regards,
>>>
>>> Richard
>>>
>>
>>
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>>gyfrinachol
>> ac at ddefnydd yr unigolyn neu'r corff y cyfeiriwyd hwy atynt yn unig.
>>
>>
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